A friend of the two initially called police concerned about their wellbeing after the friend received a concerning text message. Police went into the home and found the men dead from gunshot wounds.

The shooting is being investigated as a murder-suicide, officers said.

We're told Benjamin was a well-known makeup artist with Laura Mercier Cosmetics. He and Rene were in the middle of a divorce and had recently put their house up for sale, neighbors said.

“I know they’d been together 22 years,” said longtime friend and neighbor Joaquin Medellin. “Ben and Rene would come here to the house all the time. As a matter of fact, my wife helped them get that home.”